Egg-conveyer.



W. N. BAUER.

EGG CONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I6, 1914.

1,134,807,, Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

N45 NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. C.

T ST EGG-CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Application filed June 16, 1914. Serial No. 845,405.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM N. BAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eg -Conveyers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to egg conveyers,

and one of the principal objects of the in-.

vention is to provide an egg conveyer made of thin sheet metal and provided with a removable end cover, said conveyer adapted to receive a paper shell boX for containing a number of eggs and for holding them in such position that they will not be liable to be broken in transit, and to permit a package which can be readily removed from the packing case and sold in prime condition.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tubular thin metal casing for a paper egg boX comprising a number of compartments, each to hold an egg and separated by partitions, said boX being preferably rectangular in cross section to fit within the circular tube and to be held against movement therein.

These and other objects may be-attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the metal tubular conveyer with the cover attached, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the cover attached and the egg shells within the same tilled with eggs, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the cover for the box provided with a bayonet slot for holding the cover in connection with the tubular conveyer, and Fig. lis a vertical sectional view through the conveyor and egg case within the same.

\eferring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates a thin metal tube having one end closed by means of the inwardly curved portion 2 and the central concavo-conveX portion 3. At the opposite end'of the metal tube 1 is an indented Stud 4 formed by packing the metal inward, and a detachable cover 5 is provided with a bayonet slot 6 to engage the stud 4: and when the cover 5 is turned, the latter will be held firmly connected to the tube 1. The cover 5 is also provided with inwardly extending end portions 7 and the concave-convex central portion 8; The cover 5 has a bead 9, and the outer end of the tub 1 bears against said head.

The egg shells form a rectangular paper or paste board box of the desired size to fit nicely within the tube and cover. The box comprises the sides 10, the bottom 11 and a separate cover or strip 12. The eggs at are placed between the partitions 13 and the end eggs are held against the ends 1d of the box. When the eggs are packed in the paper box and placed in the tube, the ends 14 of the paper box bear against the inwardly extending portions of the metal tube to hold the same firmly in place and to prevent endwise movement of the boX.

From theforegoing it will be obvious that i an egg conveyor made in accordance with this invention will hold a certain number of eggs firmly in place in a paper boX within a metal tube that cannot be readily crushed by ordinary uses, and that the eggs will be held firmly against movement in the paper box withinthe tube in position so that they cannot be readily crushed, the cover of the tube being readily removed for withdrawing the eggs.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

What is claimed is:

An egg conveyer comprising a tube of circular cross section, closed at one end and provided with a removable cover, said closed end and removable cover each having inwardly extending projections, and a rectangular egg cell boX inserted within the tube and provided with partitions to separate the box into a plurality of egg cham-.

bers, the ends of said egg cell box bearing against the projections at'the ends and cover of the tube.

In testimony whereof I atfiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM N. BAUER.

Witnesses ADAM Mnrz,

JosErH VEISENBERGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

